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Utah Senate advances boxing-commission funding, tax-credit cleanup, left‑lane rule and county-boundary changes
Summary
On Jan. 24, 2002 the Utah Senate moved numerous bills through committee and the reading calendars, including SB 108 (amendments to the Pete Suazo Athletic Commission to fund amateur boxing), SB 28 (sunsetting unused tax credits), SB 52 (left-lane yielding clarification), and SB 80 (minor county-boundary adjustments). Several bills passed to third reading with recorded tallies.
The Utah Senate on Jan. 24 advanced a slate of bills across policy areas, moving many to the third-reading calendar and approving multiple measures by roll-call.
Boxing commission funding (SB 108) Senate Bill 108, described by the sponsor as amendments to the Pete Suazo Professional Athletic Commission, passed to the third-reading calendar after floor discussion. The bill permits a portion of fees tied to professional boxing events and broadcasting rights to be used to support amateur boxing and to establish a self-sustaining fund and fee schedule. The sponsor said the mechanism could include "3% of the total gross receipts from sale, lease, or other exploitation of broadcasting" and remnants of license fees, with an exemption for one event per year to "prime the pump." Debate focused on whether the changes constituted a new tax and how revenues would be allocated between a general-fund-dedicated credit and a…
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